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RHODE  ISLAND 
BIBLIOGRAPHY 


By 
HOWARD    MILLAR    CHAPIN 

h 
Librarian  of  the 

Rhode   Island  Historical  Society 


PROVIDENCE 
1914 


One  hundred  fifty  copies 

reprinted  from 

The  Proceedings  of 

The  Rhode  Island  Historical  Society 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF 
RHODE    ISLAND    BIBLIOGRAPHY 


I. 

By  Authors 
1844     (BOWEN,  Fran'CIS) 

The  Recent  Contest  in  Rhode  Island. 
Boston.     1844. 

Contains  a  brief  bibHography  of  the  Dorr  War. 

^      1864    Bartlett,  Johx  Russell 

Bibliography  of  Rhode  Island.  A  catalogue  of  books  and  other 
publications  relating  to  the  State  of  Rhode  Island,  with  notes 
historical,  biographical  and  critical. 

Printed  by  order  of  the  General  Assembly. 
Providence.     1864.     8°.   287  p. 
This  is  the  only  general  work. 

1885    Perry,  Amos 

Some  New  England  Almanacs,  with  special  mention  of  the 
Almanacs  of  Rhode  Island. 
Providence.     1885.     8°.    13  p. 

This  was  a  paper  read  before  the  Rhode  Island  Historical 
Society,  1884,  and  reprinted  from  the  Narragansett  Historical 
Register. 

1887     Hammett,  Charles  E.,  Jr. 

A  Contribution  to  the  Bibliography  and  Literature  of  New- 
port, R.  I. 

Newport.     1887.     8°.    185  p. 
A  very  useful  book. 

1889  WiNSOR,  Justin 

Narrative  and  Critical  History  of  America.     Vol.  8,  p.  440-442. 
Contains   an   account    of    Manuscripts    in   Rhode    Island 
Archives. 

1890  (Perry,  Amos) 

Rhode  Island  Historical  Society.     Sketch  of  its  history,  with 
list  of  papers  read  at  its  stated  meetings. 
Providence.     1890.     8°.   p.  17-37. 


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1892  Perry,  Amos 

The    Library  and   Cabinet    of    the   Rhode   Island   Historical 
Society. 
Providence.     1892.     8°.     24  p. 
Reprinted  from  proceedings  1891-92.     p.  77-92. 

Contains  account  of  manuscripts  in  the  possession  of  the 
Society. 

Griffin,  Appletox  P.  C. 

Bibliography  of  American  Historical  Societies  in  Annual  Report 
of  the  American  Historical  Association. 

Bibliography  of  Historical  Societies  in  Rhode  Island  is  printed 
in  report  for  1892,  p.  576-589,  and  revised  and  reprinted  in  report 
for  1895,  p.  1105-1119,  and  again  in  1905,  vol.  2,  p.  883-900. 

1893  BoNGARTz,  J.  Harry 

Check  List  of  Rhode  Island  Laws. 
Providence.     1893.     8°.   8  p. 

Palmer,  Fanny  Purdy 

A  List  of  Rhode  Island  Literary  Women  (1726 -1892)  with  some 
account  of  their  work. 

Provddence.     1893.     4°.   24  p. 

1895     Griffin,  Appleton  P.  C. 
See  1892. 

1897  United  States  War  Department. 

See  1913. 

1898  (Koopman,  Harry  Lyman) 

Bibliography  of  Brown  University. 
Providence.     1898.     8°.   20  p. 

1899  United  States  War  Department. 

See  1913. 

BOWKEK,  R.  R. 

State  publications.     Part  I  :  New  England  States. 

New  York.     1899. 

Check  List  of  Rhode  Island  State  Publications,  p.  60-69. 


igoi     Slauson,  Allex  B. 

Library  of  Congress.     A  Check  List  of  American  Newspapers. 
Washington.     1901.     4°.    292  p. 
Rhode  Island  Newspapers,  p.  1S7-188. 

Phillips,  P.  Lee 

Library  of  Congress.     A  List  of  Maps  of  America. 
Washington.     1901.     4°.   1137  p. 
Rhode  Lsland  Maps,  p.  742-747. 

See  also  Newport,  p.  497-499,  Providence,  p.  727-728,  and 
Narragansett  Bay,  p.  458. 

MowRY,  Arthur  May 
The  Dorr  War. 
Providence.     1901. 
Contains  a  bibliography  of  the  Dorr  War,  p.  400-420. 


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1902  Brigham,  Clarence  S. 

Bibliography  of  Rhode  Island  History. 
Providence.     1902.     8°.    (653-681). 

Reprinted  from  Field's  "  Rhode  Island  and  Providence  Planta- 
tions."    Vol.  3,  p.  653-681. 

1903  Brigham,  Herbert  O. 

Check  List  of  Rhode  Island  Public  Documents. 

p.  34-51  in  Annual  Report  of  State  Librarian  for  1902. 

Providence.     1903. 

1904  United  States  War  Department. 

See  1913. 

Brigham,  Clarence  S. 

Report  on  tlie  Archives  of  Rhode  Island. 
Washington.     1904.     8°. 

Reprinted  from  the  Annual  Report  of  the  American  Historical 
Association  for  1903.     Vol.  i,  p.  543-664. 

1905  Griffin,  Appleton  P.  C. 

See  1892. 

1907    Morrison,  Hugh  Alexander 

Library   of   Congress.      Check    List   of   American    Almanacs, 
I 636- I 800. 
Washington.     1907.     4°. 
Rhode  Island  Almanacs,  p.  145-151. 


1908    Hasse,  Adelaide  R. 

Carnegie  Institution.      Index  to  Economic  Material  in  Docu- 
ments of  the  States  of  the  United  States.     Rhode  Island. 
Washington.     1908.     4°.    95  p. 

New  York  Public  Library,  Bulletin  of  the 
New  York.     1908.    Vol.  12,  No.  5,  p.  312. 
Contains  check  list  of  Rhode  Island  paper  money. 

Brigham,  Claren'ce  S. 

List  of  books  upon  Rhode  Island  History. 

Providence.     1908.    8°.   8  p. 

Published  by  Department  of  Education,  State  of  Rhode  Island. 

1912  Ingra.m,  John  \'ax  Ness 

Library  of  Congress.     A  Check  List  of  American  Eighteenth 
Century  Newspapers. 
Washington.     1912.     4°.   186  p. 
Rhode  Island  Newspapers,  p.  136-140. 

1913  Rhode  Island  Historical  Society 

List  of  its  publications  in  "Proceedings  for  1911-13,"  p.  73-83. 
Also  as  a  separate  8°.    1 1  p. 

United  States  War  Department 

Bibliography  of  State  Participation  in  the  Civil  War,  3d  ed. 
Washington.     191 3. 

BibHography  of  Rhode  Island  in  the  Civil  War,  pp.  722-746. 
First  edition  1897,  second  edition  1899,  supplement  1904. 

WiNSHip,  George  Parker 

Brown  University  Broadsides. 
Providence,  191 3.     4°.   7  p. 

Reprinted  with  additions  from  The  Brown  Alumni  Monthly 
for  May,  19 13. 

1914  Aldrich,  Nelson  W. 

Books  in  the  library  of  Nelson  W.  Aldrich  of  Warwick,  R.  I. 
Boston.     1914.    8°.   2  parts. 

The  collection  of  books  on  Rhode  Island,  books  by  Rhode 
Islanders,  and  books  printed  in  Rhode  Island,  is  in  Part  II. 


II. 

By  subjects. 
BIBLIOGRAPHY. 


General — 

Bartlett    . 

1864 

Aldrich     . 

■       1914 

History— 

Winsor     . 

1889 

Brigham  . 

1902 

Brigham  . 

1904 

Brigham  . 

1908 

Aldrich     . 

.       1914 

Maxuscript 

5— 

Winsor     . 

1889 

Perry 

.       1892 

Brigham  . 

.       1904 

Almaxacs — 

Perry 

.       1885 

Morrison  . 

.       1907 

State  Publi 

CATIONS — 

Bongartz 

1893  {laws  only) 

Bowker    . 

1889 

Brigham  . 

1903  [contents  of 

bound  documents) 

Hasse 

1908 

Newspapers 

— 

Slauson    . 

1901 

Ingram     . 

1912 

Maps — 

Phillips     . 

1901 

Dorr  War— 

Bowen 

1844 

Bartlett    . 

1864 

Mowry 

1901 

Brigham  . 

1902 

Civil  War — 

U.S.WarDept. 

1897 

U.S.WarDept. 

1899 

U.S.WarDept. 

1904 

U.S.WarDept. 

1913 

Paper  Moxev— 

New  York  Public 

Library 

1908 

Newport — 

Hammett 

1887 

Rhode  IslaxdH 

ISTOR 

Society — 

Perry 

1890 

Perry  •     . 

1892 

Griffin 

1892 

Griffin 

1895 

Griffin 

1895 

R.  I.  H.  S.     . 

1913 

Brown  University — 

Koopman 

1898 

Winship 

1913 

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